The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-30

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nre as they spoke:
THE flesh will come"
sis 1t q goats" said the same man.
Ut ID q goat without horns, and more
b o goat. and we shall STAY it,"they an
swered with one voice, and turning half
rocnd. they one and oil grasped the ham
dies OF their spears with the right hand,
md then simultaneously let them go.
us 1t an oxs" said the man again.
I'll Is an OK without horns. and moro
q q an *, and we shall! STAY It," was the
answer, a again the spears were grasped,
sn m. asasn .eS go.
s,..e. aai i'. . pause anu = noticed, with
..,n ~. " a"wt ~ ta',s VI 'ne nalr' tnas the
~ ~.t tsss ~ tu1,'!onleo peSan 10 tondle
t ts., rs as n.s s.eens, anu Gazing MN
~ ~, ss s,nm. a. .n sn ,'ens. wliie ner nerce
go p1.ysa ~ a.o uown nus .remoling
sua a auoI A.ow WY .ae sign. fright
s..SH. 1.1 81, I.. ulo irlsncen US all dread
an, esp s;Ia ,eo' me caressing was
~ - sn. 1919 ann 80 eylaeh.iy a part OF
sSusu s."s.y .ol.uula .laI hau 10 DO gone
s n.ousa. .sse a..e'wara earned mat Its
oDyes Nv "ss " ple.chu 70 the Vlctlm That he
was ..o vOJec. VI rove anu aamlratlon, n
90 W soo.ne ms injured FEELINGS, and cause
H.u " ~ " happy ana contented
white nnder i,is bro,,,n 1a sS,;a s;oi.i.s Iurn
with feor sAs WING
MTs tho moot ro.,v IN ", ...,.... ~
tha voice nova rnm;di~ "sAeo
at ia roode n 10 raojvn
.Ts tho NOT hot =, ooni. ,..v
IN a sort If Ecraom t1,at anhoaa na;ne.,,...
down the crcnt recesses of tho ~! p'"AuAy
MIt 10 hot. A. ;s hot ~ = - s"'e'
49,. tSa ns.ssis' .ro Leo, 'remem-
AN w w. lne peopte VINO put
p'.s upon .,.e .ieaus Vi s'rahgers.
a NC saad tne words, before we could
~, OF eve tasc the matter In, two great
vaHans jumped up ana selling the long
slncers, plunged them into the heart OF the
1re, ana the woman who had been caress-
ing Mahomed suddenly produced a fiber
moose from under ncr girdle, or mocha,
an0 p II over his shoulders, ran it
Cien1' WINE tne men next MIN seized him
py tne legs. Inc TWO men with the pin
GERS gave a neave, Il scattering the fire
Iois way ana mat upon the rocky floor,
lited from u a large earthenware pot,
neatcu 10 whtte neat. In an instant, al
most, With a single movement, they had
reached the spot where Mahomed was
sVueghng. HE ought ike a tend, Shrek
fng in the abandonment of his despair. and
Notwithstanding the moose round him, and
the efforts of the men who held his legs.
the advancing wretches were for the mo.
ment unable to accomplish their purpose,
which, horrible and incredible rs 1t seems,
a to put the red-hot pot upon his head.
Isprung to my feet with a yell of horror,
and drawing my revolver, fred 1t by q sort
Of instinct straight at the dinbolicalwoman
who had been caressing Mahomed, and
was now gripping him in her arms. The
bullet struck her in the back and killed
her, and to this day I am glad that It did,
Tor, as 1t afterward ~transpired, she had
availed herself of the anthropophagous
customs Of the Amahagger to organize the
whole thing in revenge of the slight put
upon her by Job. She fell dead, and as
she did so, to my terror and dismay, Ma
homed, by a superhuman effort, burst
from his tormcntors, and springing high
In the dir, fell dying upon her corpse. The
heavy bullet from my pistol had driven
through the bodies of both at once, strik-
ing down the murderess, and saving her
victim from q death u hundred times more
horrible. It was IN awful and yet q most
merciful accident.
For a moment there was a silence of as
constituent. They had never heard the
report of a flrc-arm before, and its effects
dismayed them. But the mex a man close
to us recovered himself, and seized his
spear preparatory to making q lunge with
It ct Leo, who was the nearest to him.
"Run for It'll" l halloed, setting the exam
pie by going up the cave as hard rs my
legs would carry me. 1 would have bolted
for the open mir If It had been possible, but
there were men in the way. and besides, ]
had caught sight of the forms of a crowd
of people standing out clear against the
skyline beyond the entrance to tho cave
Up the cave I went. and after me came
the others, and after them Numbered the
whole crowd of cannibnls. mad with fury
at the death Of the woman. With a bound
Icleared the PROSTATE form of Mahomed,
Az I flew over him I fell; the hen. FRI m tho
red-hot mt. which was 1viny close nv
sfrike mon NV Ieos. and NV ito glow SOW
his hands-for he was not unite dead-still
feehlv moving. Al III ton of the cave was
little platform Of rock three feet or 50
high by about eight deep, ON which two
large lamps were placed at night. Wheth
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not then. At any rate, we all three
reached 1t. and Jumping on 1t, prepared t.
sell u lives as dearly as we could. FOR